Comments on: Column - Parental Love Isn’t Blind http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2008/04/25/column-parental-love-isnt-blind/ Let’s look at things a little differently.... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Betsy http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2008/04/25/column-parental-love-isnt-blind/#comment-1392 Betsy Wed, 21 May 2008 13:31:15 +0000 http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/?p=252#comment-1392 Thanks for these encouraging comments - I was so impressed with my friend. Hope I would handle it in the same way! Betsy Thanks for these encouraging comments - I was so impressed with my friend. Hope I would handle it in the same way!

Betsy

]]> By: Gary Schulte http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2008/04/25/column-parental-love-isnt-blind/#comment-1325 Gary Schulte Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:03:50 +0000 http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/?p=252#comment-1325 Betsy, The Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent ran your article about how your friend handled her child's shoplifting event. I highly applaud this kind of information. I was a youth pastor for 27 years and my wife is an elementary principal. We have seen way too many parents run in to protect and rescue their children in these kinds of situations. We love our kids when we allow them to connect actions with consequences. Kudos to you for the correct perspective you shared in you column. Betsy,
The Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent ran your article about how your friend handled her child’s shoplifting event. I highly applaud this kind of information.

I was a youth pastor for 27 years and my wife is an elementary principal.
We have seen way too many parents run in to protect and rescue their children in these kinds of situations. We love our kids when we allow them to connect actions with consequences.

Kudos to you for the correct perspective you shared in you column.

]]> By: Joan http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/2008/04/25/column-parental-love-isnt-blind/#comment-1310 Joan Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:52:34 +0000 http://www.betsysblog.com/wordpress/?p=252#comment-1310 The same thing happened in our family years ago. Law enforcement personnel were amazed when we didn't try to explain away our child's behavior. We assured them that, in the past when our child violated our standards it was a family matter. When that same child violated the law, it was a legal matter. Our child, too, learned much by having to face the consequences meted out by the court and by having our love be undiminished. The police in our town mused that they wished that more parents would allow their teens to face unpleasant consequences associated with their behavior. The same thing happened in our family years ago. Law enforcement personnel were amazed when we didn’t try to explain away our child’s behavior. We assured them that, in the past when our child violated our standards it was a family matter. When that same child violated the law, it was a legal matter. Our child, too, learned much by having to face the consequences meted out by the court and by having our love be undiminished. The police in our town mused that they wished that more parents would allow their teens to face unpleasant consequences associated with their behavior.

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